of women through the eyes of Marjane Satrapi as a young girl were quite “normal” for her. As a young girl she did not realize how different of a life style she was living from other young girls her age living in Iran. For example when she was six she says‚ “I wanted to be a Prophet because our maid did not eat with us.” Later on in the story she reveals that their maid named Mehri was eight years old when she had to leave her parents’ home to come to work for Marjane and her family. As a teenager
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How important is this theme to your reading of Persepolis? The graphic novel Persepolis is written by Marjane Satrapi. She describes her life‚ emotions and feelings during the Iranian revolution. It shows her happenings as a child but with the thoughts of an adult. Marjane Satrapi describes the whole events while she is a child and her feelings about it. She describes her different emotions and changing opinions during the revolution by telling different happenings in her family or those who affected
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time of the Iranian Revolution (1978-1979). In the graphic novel‚ Persepolis‚ by Marjane Satrapi the reader shadows the life of an independent young girl‚ Marjane in her early years‚ trying to break away from the gender roles found in her society. The oppression of women (or men) in any society will negatively affect half of a country’s population by limiting their freedom and opportunities. In Persepolis‚ by Marjane Satrapi‚ one can learn about how it was like to live in Iran during the Revolution
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Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a graphic novel that depicts the life of a female coming to age during a time of war and violence in Iranian. The editor of The Ithacan‚ an online college newspaper‚ criticized this work of literature as being nothing more than an “advanced comic book” and “not too challenging.” He argues that Persepolis and similar literary works do not encourage intellectual advancement and does not benefit college freshmen. Despite the more basic vocabulary‚ the side narratives
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After coming to America‚ Marjane Satrapi wrote a memoir of her childhood in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. As a writer‚ one must have an idea of who they want their intended audience to be. Based off that intended audience‚ the writer then determines what style their literature should be published in. Different audiences are appealed to different styles of literature.For instant‚ a child would read a book with few words and colorful pictures‚ while an older adult would prefer to read a book
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Today there are many things that can impact someone’s identity. Imperialism is the ideology of extending a country’s power and influence through military force. Consumerism is another ideology that is the belief that it is good for people to spend large amounts of money on goods and services. Consumerism affects one identity because it leads to people believing that money is everything and that it is okay to buy things without hesitation; although imperialism contributes to one’s identity the most
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literary texts and their impact on readers. In order to achieve this aim‚ I have decided to make a private journal entry‚ published online‚ by Marjane Satrapi’s father after he witnessed the incident between a widow and a crowd of people who had blamed the death of the widow’s husband on the Iranian King which can be found in page 32 of the Persepolis book and the second after. I have chosen to a journal entry published online as it will allow me to make a critical analysis on the historical and
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widely displayed. The idea of Freedom is present in Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Also‚ his speech tells us about how to fight back against the government by communication and not by the show of force. Lastly the excerpt from the graphic novel “Persepolis 2” shows us how a government can take away people’s freedom and rights. The vision of Freedom is the principal of this composition. The topic of freedom is distinguished throughout of Dr. King’s speech. In it‚ he states “ I have a dream that one
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Austin Drabik Mr. Plush English 10 Honors 8/26/2014 Iran’s Misty Wonders In Persepolis‚ by Marjane Satrapi‚ both the movie and the book were able to portray the main idea of Marjane Satrapi "Marji’s" life. The main idea being for us to look at how Marji evolved into a grown women with struggles along the way. Throughout both we were able to clearly understand what a difficult childhood she lived and we were able to get a sense of what her life was like back then. Like in many cases‚ the book
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very beginning of the book‚ Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi‚ I realized that the story is about more than just a country at war. The story is about a child with ideals. It is easy to stereotype someone of a different culture. I say this because it is the truth. It is much easier to allow yourself to believe a stereotype than it is to see every person as an individual. I should be ashamed to say that I have viewed Iran as a “country of fundamentalism and terrorism.” Satrapi challenges this by portraying
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